Word: lac
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Totally without industry, Laos has only two legal exports of any importance: 1) benzoin and 2) stick-lac, an insect product that is used as an ingredient in lacquer and varnish. But the country's main crop is opium (one-third of world production") grown on the mountaintops by Meo tribesmen who also profess to be werewolves. Laos' biggest import is U.S. dollars-for the past five years U.S. aid has run from $43 million to $54 million a year...
Thomas E. Petri of Fond du Lac, Wisc. and Matthews Hall was elected President of the Harvard Freshman Union Committee last night. Richard Crystal was elected vice-President and treasurer and Peter A. Beinstalk was elected Secretary. Student Council representatives are Mahamoud M. Shabander, John J. Harris, Harry M. Lindquist, and Howard J. Phillips...
Next day the Prime Minister and three companions flew north to forest-ringed Lac la Ronge and a few days' fishing. As a concession to Diefenbaker's new job, his companions excused him from his customary chore as cook. Trolling the glass-smooth waters for lake trout, Diefenbaker hauled in a six-pounder...
...Long Voyage Home. In Fond du Lac, Wis., Detective Pat Cotter bagged a drunk, made out a report: "He is not drunk, who from the floor can rise again and take one more. Man could not rise again and, although he had a bottle with a little left in it, he just could not get his hands off the sidewalk to get at it. After carefully noting all the facts in the case, I assumed he must be drunk and arrested him. He still had eight miles to travel home on his hands and knees...
...Getter. In Fond du Lac, Wis., fined $65 for reckless driving, Gerald W. Oelerich was tagged an additional $10 for contempt after he interrupted court proceedings to ask the judge: "You wouldn't lend me the money, would you, Your Honor...